The wait is over. After a 5-year hiatus from solo albums, Sean Price has finally blessed our tape decks with his latest release, Mic Tyson. The verdict? After listening to this album on-and-off for the past seven days, I can confidently tell you two things: Mic Tyson bangs and Sean Price is nice as fuck at rapping. The first song [...]

Jai Nitai Lotus was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. Lotus was brought up in a musical house with a father that played multiple instruments and was in a rock/fusion band. These early influences are apparent on his LP, Something You Feel. As soon as the album came on, it made sense that two of the albums that sparked his interest [...]

Now for those of you that don’t already know, your favorite rapper in the game today probably couldn’t hang bar for bar with Sean Price.  The Bootcamp Clik, Heltah Skeltah, and Random Axe member is easily one of the hardest hitting and lyrically structured emcees in the game today.  His video, ‘I See’, is just a little promotion (and bonus track) for [...]

Several years ago, my high school science teacher delivered a lecture on sound and acoustics that I will never forget. Discussing various properties of sound, Dr. Nassar arrived upon the concept of “wave harmonics” and gushed about their effect in music. To prove his point, he whipped up a Youtube video of an “Amazing Grace” bass cover that was composed [...]

“I’m the incredible, gargantuo/Crack competition like pistachios/I got in on lock, can’t crack the code/Streets know I’m hot, you catch a cold” Jay Rock is a member of hip hop supergroup Black Hippy (fellow members include Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul) from Los Angeles. His style isn’t necessarily as distinctive as the fellow members of his crew, but it’s [...]